Allison interviews Kenneth Bradley, President and CEO of Eshenbach, about their desktop video magnifier unit. The Vario Digital 22 is a foldable desktop video magnifier with high image quality and compact design. It features a 22” full HD monitor with optical zoom from 1.3x – 45x magnification and an FHD camera that provides a true-color […]
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Tiny Tip – Per-App Accessibility Changes in iOS 15 – by Rick from Baltimore
Per-App Accessibility Settings Hi Allison. It’s Rick from Baltimore. One of my favorite features that I think debuted in IOS 15 is the ability to change font sizes by app rather than system-wide. The problem to be solved is I like to enlarge the font on both my iPad and iPhone to make things more […]
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CCATP #683 – Christophe Zajac-Denek is Kind of a Big Deal
This week’s guest is Christophe Zajac-Denek. Christophe worked as a TV producer while touring in a rock band, he’s a drummer, an actor and stuntman, a surfer, a journalist, a podcaster, and public speaker. He’s also 4’4” tall and has a rare form of dwarfism. Christophe hosts an amazing podcast entitled “I’m Kind of a […]
Continue readingCCATP #680 – Gregg Vanderheiden on 50 Years in Accessibility
This week our guest is Gregg Vanderheiden, Professor and Director Trace R&D Center at the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because I recently interviewed him at 19:40 on the NosillaCast about a product called Morphic. When we were preparing for that interview, Gregg started to […]
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Wyss Institute Multi-Segment Displays at CSUN – Michael Karpelson Interview Transcript
For my last interview at CSUN’s Accessible Tech conference this year, I spoke with Michael Karpelson of the Wyss Institute. The audio for this conversation will be in NosillaCast #830 which will be published on 4 April 2021. You can learn more about the Wyss Institute and Michael’s work by going to wyss.harvard.edu/… You can […]
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Morphic at CSUN – Gregg Vanderheiden Interview Transcript
At the CSUN, assistive tech conference, I had the pleasure of talking to to Gregg Vanderheiden, who’s a Professor and Director Trace R&D Center at the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland. He was at CSUN to talk about a project called Morphic. This is an interesting solution to a problem many […]
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Siteimprove at CSUN – Andy Waselchuk Interview Transcript
During the CSUN Assistive Tech conference I spoke with Andy Waselchuk in business development from a company called Siteimprove (siteimprove.com), and he talked about how they work with companies to analyze their web presence for accessibility and SEO, and provide training for on how to fix their problems. I was intrigued and asked Andy to […]
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QD Laser’s Retissa Retinal Projection Eyewear
We have three video/audio interviews from CSUN’s Assistive Technology Conference, but there was one product where we didn’t do an interview and yet it was a pretty interesting product. The product is the Retissa Retinal Projection Eyewear from QD Laser. This is a glasses-type piece of eyewear that projects the outside world directly onto your […]
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CCATP #548 – Lupita Salazar on Braille Literacy and Tech
Lupita Salazar talks to us about how she learned to read at 6 years old (just like everyone else) through Braille. She was highly influenced by my awesome friend Lore Schindler, who taught Tech and Braille to her and the other students in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He explains why Braille is so […]
Continue readingCCATP #515 – Allison Hartley on Trials & Tribulations of a New iPhone
This week our guest is Allison Hartley. Allison is the Manager of the Napa Branch of the California department of Rehabilitation, and a podcaster. She co-hosts both the Tech Doctor Podcast with Dr. Robert Carter (dr-carter.com/…) and That Blind Tech Show (blindabilities.com/…). Allison joins us to talk about the less than smooth experience she had […]
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